The Harvest of a quiet eye : a selection of scientific quotations

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The Harvest of a quiet eye : a selection of scientific quotations

[compiled] by Alan L. Mackay ; edited by Maurice Ebison ; with a foreword by Sir Peter Medawar ; [illustrated by John Taylor]

Institute of Physics , Crane, Russak, 1981

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Note

"Selected by Alan L. Mackay"--Cover ; "Compiled by Alan Mackay, edited by Maurice Ebison, illustrated by John Taylor"--T.p. verso

"First published 1977. Reprinted 1978. Reprinted 1981. Paperback edition 1981"--T.p. verso

Includes bibliographical references and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

A personal selection of over 1200 scientific quotations including graffiti, lines of song and proverbs together with the more recognised forms of quotation not only from scientists but from artists, poets, philosophers, theologians, politicians and other miscellaneous mortals.

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Details

  • NCID
    BA91812738
  • ISBN
    • 0854980393
  • Country Code
    uk
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Place of Publication
    Bristol,New York
  • Pages/Volumes
    xii,192 p.
  • Size
    24 cm
  • Classification
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